kargaşa

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قارغاشه, قارغشه (kargaşa, “dispute; confusion; clamor of crows”). Cognate with Kyrgyz каргаша (kargaşa, “disaster”).

Noun

kargaşa (definite accusative kargaşayı, plural kargaşalar)

  1. confusion, disorder; dispute, quarrel

Derived terms
  • kargaşalık

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قارغشه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 925
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kargaşa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قارغاشه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1411
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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